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Default Childhood DIY experiments

On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:16:16 GMT, ARWadsworth wrote:

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On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:27:10 -0500, Jules wrote:

Never did much with explosives, although I seem to remember half-baked
experiments at turning cans of deodorant into rocket engines.


A .22 pellet through the side near 1 end gives an interesting display.
--
Peter.


Yep. An aerosol full of black paint and a .22 pellet. It took a week to wash
the paint off my face.

Adam


Our Airsporter was effective on such a can at 25 yards - the contents of
the can weren't.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.